On Thu, Apr 07, 2005 at 05:05:14PM -0400, Matt Price wrote:
> hi there,
>
> I wondered whether someone on this list could point me to a guide
> detailing the differences between the debian and fink source
> package format. If they're relatively minor, I'd be interested in
> trying to port over a debian package that was just released (refdb).
> If they're not minor, I'm probably not qualified to try...
Fink does not use debian tools for source packages or compiling. We
have a custom-written program ("fink") that uses its own package
descriptor (.info) file format, which is rather remiscent of an RPM
.spec file. It's pretty easy to write a simple package, and there's a
lot of fancy features for more complex ones.
In the "Documentation" section of the fink website is a Packaging
Tutorial, which walks through construction of a .info file for a
sample program. There's also the comprehensive Packaging Manual, which
contains policies, a description of how fink builds a package from
source using the .info file, and complete syntax of that file.
dan
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